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The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling How the Whale got his Throat (reasonable quality 1.72MB) How the Camel got his Hump (reasonable quality 1.78MB) How the Rhinoceros got his Skin (reasonable quality 1.72MB) How the Leopard got his Spots (reasonable quality 3.6MB) The Elephant's Child (reasonable quality 4.3MB) The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo (reasonable quality 1.9MB) The beginning of the Armadillos (reasonable quality 4.3MB)
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Source: http://bigbible.org/children/
LibriVox recording of American Notes, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Tim Bulkeley. In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-Indian Imperialist visiting the USA, these American Notes offer an interesting view of America in the 1880s. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence, and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American...
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Topics: sarcasm, American Life, Kipling, travel, diary
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
LibriVox recording of Stalky & Co., by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Tim Bulkeley. Rudyard Kipling published Stalky & Co. in 1899. Set at an English boarding school in a seaside town on the North Devon coast. (The town, Westward Ho!, is not only unusual in having an exclamation mark, but also in being itself named after a novel, by Charles Kingsley.) The book is a collection of linked short stories, with some information about the eponymous Stalky's later life. Beetle, one of the main trio,...
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Topics: LibriVox, literature, audiobook, kipling, boarding school
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LibriVox recording of The Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Tim Bulkeley. The Just So Stories for Little Children are among Kipling's best known and loved works. This recording aims to be the first complete audio book of this title with nothing left out. The Nobel prize-winning author's enjoyment in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident throughout, and adds to adults' enjoyment of these stories for children. This playfulness is also dramatically present in the...
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Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, children, kipling, leopard, elephant's child, butterfly, cat,...
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
LibriVox recording of Three Men and a Maid, by P.G. Wodehouse. Read by Tim Bulkeley. This book with two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK is a typical PG Wodehouse romantic comedy, involving, at various times: a disastrous talent quest, a lawyer with a revolver, a bulldog with a mind of his own and a suit of armour! The maid, or marriageable young woman, of the American title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet. The three men...
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Topics: librivox, humor, romantic, wodehouse, audiobook, comedy
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LibriVox recording of Their Mutual Child by P.G. Wodehouse. Read by Tim Bulkeley. Their Mutual Child (aka The Coming of Bill and The White Hope) is full of the loveable characters, preposterous situations, and opportunities to chuckle, if not outright laughs, that we expect from PG Wodehouse. It lacks the frantic slapstick of some Wodehouse comedy, but has a quieter more reflective humour. Kirk, the erstwhile hero, is a typical Wodehousian hero. At the beginning of the story, he is thoroughly...
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Topics: librivox, audio, wodehouse, novel
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LibriVox recording of Letters of Travel, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Tim Bulkeley. Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stories and the Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling (an Englishman born and raised in India) offers an interesting outsider's view of the places he visits, candid and sharp witted, yet with a deep humanity. Letters of Travel comprises three books: From Tideway to Tideway 1892-95...
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Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, humor, literature, travel
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LibriVox recording of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Read by LibriVox volunteers. The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of ’sensation novels’…. The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in...
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Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, epistolary, mystery
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This book has two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK. It is a typical PG Wodehouse romantic comedy, involving, at various times: a disastrous talent quest, a lawyer with a revolver, a bulldog with a mind of his own and a suit of armour! The maid, or marriageable young woman, of the American title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet. The three men are Bream Mortimer, a long-time friend and admirer of Billie, Eustace Hignett, a...
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Topics: Novel, Humor, humour, Wodehouse, Woodhouse, romantic comedy
Librivox recording of A Man of Means by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. Read by Tim Bulkeley. A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories all star Roland Bleke, a nondescript young man to whom financial success comes through a series of "lucky" chances, the first from a win in a sweepstake he had forgotten entering. Roland, like many a timid young man seeks love and marriage. In this pursuit his wealth...
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Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Wodehouse, fiction, humor, short stories
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Librivox recording of Uneasy Money by P. G. Wodehouse. Read by Tim Bulkeley. Uneasy Money is a romantic comedy by P.G. Wodehouse, published during the First World War, it offers light escapism. More romantic but only a little less humorous that his mature works, it tells of the vicissitudes of poor Lord Dawlish, who inherits five million dollars, but becomes a serially disappointed groom. When the story opens Bill (Lord Dawlish, a thoroughly pleasant man) is engaged to a demanding actress. His...
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Topics: librivox, audiobooks, fiction, humor, romance
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Typescene sounds like a typical technical term scholars use make Bible stories dull :( In this podcast I hope to show you it's exactly the opposite and that by spending 5 minutes learning about typescenes you can discover a livelyness you may have missed, even in a well-loved story like Ruth. (Other passage you should have ready, or look at before listening are: Genesis 24; 29 & Exodus 2:15ff..)
Topics: Exodus, Genesis, Narrative, Ruth
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Sep 25, 2010
09/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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This week's readings contain a sample of Jesus teachings. In reading them we will notice two things particularly that will help us better understand: (a) Jesus is a prophet: so the rules we learnt for reading Old Testament prophets will help us understand Jesus. These rules were: Prophets spoke to a context: knowing the who, what, when, where, how & why can help us get the point. Prophetic speech is often a conversation. Prophets are about conversion (not prediction). (b) Jesus taught...
Topics: Jesus, Matthew, gospel, gospels, parables, teaching, Jesus teaching
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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How do we picture Scripture? That is what is/are the (unconscious) models in our heads as we read and use the Bible? This âcast refers particularly to Gen 18:20ff. and Amos 7.
Topics: bible, amos, genesis, reading, interpretation
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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In part two we get drawn to the hymn in Phil 2 and discover not only what Jesusâ disscension is all about, but also get to understand the talk of us being gifts in Eph 4:11-13 better. (If you have not listened to part 1 do listen to that first .)
Topics: context, ephesians, Jesus, philippians, Reading
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Apr 15, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Peter gets some powerful lines in these two great chapters :) Since I was a child Iâve loved his: "I donât have silver and gold, but what I do have Iâll give you. Get up and walk!" So different from what we usually hear⦠And then when faced by the authorities he talks about his Master as the "Stone the builders rejected" quoting Ps 118:22. This superb Psalm all through contrasts human power and "protection" with God's steadfast love that endures forever... So...
Topics: Acts, Jesus, Psalms
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Jun 22, 2010
06/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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This reflection focuses on two things from this reading, the significance of calling Israel (in the context of making a covenant) a priestly kingdom and a holy nation, and how we should read/understand the ten commandments. (For that part it may help to listen to some of the podcasts here, in particular Casuistic and apodictic: part 1: What the terms mean.) We'll also end by realising what it means to say Yahweh is a jealous God, and very briefly start thinking about what that jealousy means....
Topics: exodus, law, ten commandments
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Jul 29, 2010
07/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Malachi is a short prophetic book, the name Malachi just means "my messenger" which seems to be what the speaker calls himself. It has no more details of time, place or person in the superscription (as most prophetic books do), but the content suggests Judah after the exile under Persian rule. The book opens opens with a strong statement of Yahweh's election of Israel, using hyperbole (exageration) to make it's impact. "Malachi" accuses his audience of being willing to obey...
Topics: prophet, prophecy, Malachi, Bible, Old Testament
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Jun 21, 2010
06/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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In this podcast, before looking at the passages selected for week 4, Iâll do a quick overview of what I think we should have noticed from Genesis (a sort of 30 second recap of weeks 1-3 ;) Then Iâll try to set the scene for week 4, which covers the story of the Exodus. Phrasing it that way though is perhaps not the best summary of Exodus 1-18. After listening to my podcast maybe you can suggest a better one?
Topics: exodus, narrative, biblical studies, theology, slavery
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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Stephen suggested I do a 'cast about the Babel story, so here it is :) a first 'cast about Babel. In this one I'll begin with points of view and language. Since this will have to be a series we'll follow up from there later! For more about " point of view " and " frames " you could see my Introduction to Narrative and Narrative Poetics which is not as technical as it may sound!
Topics: genesis, narrative, biblical studies
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Jun 22, 2010
06/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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This chapter focuses on Joshua taking over from Moses, now that (at the end of Deuteronomy) Moses is dead and gone (though no one except God) saw him die. In the reading we learn a lot about how the Bible views leadership, and it does not easily fit with any of our modern, well-worn patterns. Thank God! We also (not coincidentally) learn about cooperation among God's people.
Topics: Joshua, Bible, biblical studies
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Apr 16, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Paul's summarises the Old Testament story from a Jewish-Christian perspective as a world looking for a saviour. Then John showed that still "today" not just in ancient times people are looking for a saviour. Jesus not only died, but rose, and this is the keeping of God's ancient promises. In Jesus God fills out, fully, the hopes and promises of the past. In Jesus, we are set free from sin - sin is not a trendy term today, but we still suffer from living in a world that is wrong. The...
Topics: E100, Acts, Paul, Sin
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Apr 15, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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In this podcast I’ll introduce the idea of the ending of John as a sphragis , and very briefly mention what that might mean for reading John’s gospel, but most of the time will be spent on the much less technical question of why I am convinced that Jesus rose from death and met with the disciples - because after all this passage is about the resurrection, and not about the technical details (however fascinating to biblical scholars ;)
Topics: E100, Jesus, NT Acts, ascension, Jesus, resurrection
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Jul 7, 2010
07/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Proverbs are pithy sayings. Short, thought-provoking, often using vivid imagery proverbs work by making you think. But they are often used as a source of quick simple answers. The book of Proverbs is a collkection of loads of such sayings with a long preface and short epilogue that encourage young men to meditate on this advice. The goal of Proverbs is lives lived well. A proverb can be applied like a Band Aid to appropriate situations, BUT their greatest value is when you meditate them. So...
Topics: bible, proverbs, wisdom, proverb
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Oct 17, 2014
10/14
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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This is a chapter of parables. Remember parabole (Greek) or mashal (Hebrew) means a comparison, so ask ourselves whatâs the point of comparison here? One clue is to look at the numbers (no, Iâll not be getting into numerology ;) Another, Jesus gives us himself. And a third comes from noticing where the climax of the story comes. Out of these clues weâll find that the Prodigal Son is not about the prodigal son, or even primarily about his forgiving fatherâ¦
Topics: E100, Jesus, Luke, parables
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Apr 15, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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An unheard of miracle that foreshadows the spread of the gospel to all the world and the fellowship that transcends frontiers and cultures. Like in Joel everyone receives Godâs Spirit, young as well as old, women and men alike, slave and free, the Spirit bursts all human categories. Indeed death could not hold him down â Jesus lives in his people, the work continues! Is it now you'll begin to reign? Yes, but not in a tawdry political kingdom. Jesus is lord and Messiah (king), not by popular...
Topics: Acts, E100, Holy Spirit, pentecost
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Apr 23, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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In What is the Bible (Part 1) I talked of the Bible as witness, and mentioned stories where Abraham and Amos haggle with God, and ended with a reference to arguing with God in the Bible. Here I'll begin to explore Jeremiahâs side of the conversation from Jer 12:1-4 (we'll get to God's reply later!)
Topics: bible, arguing with god, Jeremiah, complaint, lamentation, lament, genre
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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This podcast is aimed at real beginners in biblical study and addresses why multiple contexts are important for reading/hearing texts, particularly the Bible.
Topics: bible, context, interpretation, reading, culture, genesis psalms
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Apr 17, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Romans is a long letter, and the divisions between "sections" are often not clear. So the end of the opening greeting is not obvious somewhere in Rom 1:14-17, but where? Nor is it clear that the division between Rom 1 and Rom 2 is in the right place. [ Remember that chapter divisions were only added to the biblical text in the middle ages. ] But Romans is packed full of crucial theology. [ Pun intended ;) ] Paulâs manifesto (Rom 1:16) sets up the book, and he continues to argue,...
Topics: E100, Romans, Paul, epistle to the romans
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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So, here's the second part of the Jonah series. This time we focus on 1:3. Again we end with a question - but at least the right question is better than the wrong answer!
Topics: bible, jonah, genre
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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Juxtaposition: putting things together to make something "more than the sum of the parts" is a common artistic skill, it is common (but often unrecognised) in the Bible. As my least favourite book of the Bible helps reveal!
Topics: isaiah, jonah, obadiah, bible
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Apr 17, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Clay vessels were everywhere, plates, bowls, cups, storage, cooking... most of the everyday objects we make of glass or china, and many we make of plastic (or even metal) were clay pottery in the ancient world. Living back then you were deeply (and probably unconsciously) aware of just how fragile standard clay pots are. We live in a world of bone china and hardened glass. Even the average cheap dinnerset is so much tougher than an ancient pot, and the broken pieces of pottery were everywhere....
Topics: 1&2 Corinthians, E100, clay pots, broken pots
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Apr 18, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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As it does in Luke, Matthew's account the feeding of the 5,000 follows after Herod speculating that Jesus is John come back to life, but Matthew used this opportunity to tell the gruesome story of John's death. Luke moved quickly from Johnâs death, to tell of the disciples' successful mission, whereas Matthew tell us that when Jesus heard of Johnâs death he "withdrew to a deserted place". Into this low point where we seem focused on the powerful political opposition that miracle...
Topics: Jesus, Matthew, miracles, E100
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04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Everyone loves a good miracle story, the Infomercials are full of them, buy this exercise machine use it just 10 minutes a day and be instantly sexually attractive, sleep on our special magnets and your pain will go away and you'll feel 30 years younger. Infomercial miracles sell things: it worked for me, you buy one! I'll have what she's having ;) But despite the temptation for Christians to use them in the same way, in the gospels it's a bit different! We still love a good miracle, but their...
Topics: E100, Jesus, Luke gospels, miracles
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Jun 30, 2010
06/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Yes, like some of the Bible writers, I just can't resist a pun, especially if it really does help carry the message :) And in this case I think it does, more specifically after we have noticed quickly some of the good stuff in the famous David and Goliath story of David and Goliath. For this podcast, perhaps as homework, you might want to play with a computer Bible... and you might also want to return to the comments, and discuss the vexed question of the nature of blasphemy against the Holy...
Topics: 1 Samuel, Narrative, biblical narrative, Matthew, pun
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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It is certainly one of my favourite Bible passages, indeed it is many people's favourite Bible chapter. Isaiah 40 is just full of superb phrases and pictures. Whenever it was composed, this chapter really comes to life and sparkles when it is heard as the Judean exiles in Babylon heard, it just before Cyrus the Persian king captured the city. For a better idea of the background watch the Video " Babylon as background to hearing Isaiah 40 " (4MB).
Topics: history, isaiah, bible, biblical studies
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Oct 16, 2014
10/14
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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What's a little miracle among friends? Yet Jesus seems to avoid performing one that would have saved his friends great pain, only to perform a greater one! And then there's the ominous clouds gathering that by the end of the chapter foretell the storm to follow. Noticing some detail of how John tells this great sign we will learn more about reading Bible stories, and about trusting/believing in Jesus...
Topics: E100, Jesus, John, miracles
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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This chapter is the beginning of the Bible, and beginnings are important. We learn why the world was made, and how God is "different". Among other structural details we will notice is this one (the diagramme may help as you listen): Day Creation Day Creation One Light Four Luminaries Two Water and Sky Five Birds and Sea Creatures Three Land and Vegetation Six Land animals (inc. Humans)
Topics: bible, creation, genesis, structure
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Oct 16, 2014
10/14
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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The last reading last week about the ascension of Jesus to heaven explained that soon the Spirit would come. The disciples might not know all the secrets of God (as religions forever claim to do), but they will experience and share God's power. Then in the first reading this week we move from the ascension to Pentecost, foreshadowing the spread of the gospel to everyone, each in their own language. God's Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus bursts free, and reigns! But it was not the almost magical...
Topics: Acts, E100, NT, holy spirit, spirit
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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In this Iâll tell you how I think Jesus offers the key to how we should understand the casuistic laws of the Old Testament. Itâs simple, but as Iâll go on to show in later âcasts profound. The clue is found in a passage weâve looked at before (Matt 5) especially in Matt 5:17-22. (See here for that âcast , and here for a whole sermon ;) .
Topics: Jesus, Law, Matthew, Reading, bible, casuistic, apodictic, genre
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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The distinction between casuistic and apodictic formulations of "legal" material in the Bible, seems like a prime example of scholarship which has lost touch with the needs of real Bible readers. Not least the abstruse technical language puts people off. Yet this distinction has deeply theological consequences, and Jesus seems to "fulfill" OT law (at least in part) by rephrasing the casuistic as apodictic. In this first part I'll begin the boring stuff, and introduce what...
Topics: Jesus, Law, Matthew, Reading, bible, casuistic, apodictic, genre
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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The first reading in a series covering the 100 essential Bible readings, contains Genesis 1-2. The 50 passages from each Testament together give an overview of the whole Bible. Today we begin at the beginning with the first teo chapters of Genesis. I also dealt with Genesis 1 in a previous post. By the way there is a reading of the passage (if you want to hear rather than see it on PodBible.com). There is an RSS feed for the E100 series only.
Topics: bible, genesis, prologue
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Oct 17, 2014
10/14
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Since this is a gripping, but well-known, story what I'll try to do in this podcast is show you how a bit of context (see here for more on context and understanding the Bible ). I'll also tell you God's two nicknames, in some religious traditions knowing all a god's names is really important, in Hinduism the god Vishnu has 1,000 names, in Islam there is a tradition that God has 99 names. Yahweh the God the Bible talks about has kicknames as well as formal names! A couple of photos to illustrate...
Topics: 1 Kings, elijah, mt carmel, biblical, narrative, bible study
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Apr 15, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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For this podcast I won't deal with all the interesting questions about multiple demon possession, or even demons in pigs, but will focus on the beginning (and location) and especially the end of the story because they tell us why this story was remembered (though actually the pigs and the multiple demons do make it memorable ;) and why it was told to us. Notice the geography, the story features a boat trip, a reminder of how Jesus ministry (except for the conflicts in Jerusalem and his death)...
Topics: E100, Jesus, Mark, miracles
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Oct 17, 2014
10/14
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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As it does in Luke, Matthewâs account the feeding of the 5,000 follows after Herod speculating that Jesus is John come back to life, but Matthew used this opportunity to tell the gruesome story of Johnâs death. Luke moved quickly from Johnâs death, to tell of the disciplesâ successful mission, whereas Matthew tell us that when Jesus heard of Johnâs death he âwithdrew to a deserted placeâ. Into this low point where we seem focused on the powerful political opposition that miracle comes as...
Topics: E100, Jesus, Matthew, miracles
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Sep 25, 2010
09/10
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Matthew has introduced Jesus, giving his genealogy, linking him to the story of God's chosen people in particular to David the great king (messiah) and Abraham the ancestor (patriarch) whom God first chose and blessed to be the blessing of the rest of humanity, and four really interesting women. He has told the birth, with a focus on kingship (messiah) and opposition (Herrod's massacre of innocents). The escape to and return from Egypt â as well as being Messiah Jesus recapitulates Israel....
Topics: Jesus, Matthew, gospel, gospels, incarnation
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Apr 24, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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Sometimes a good old-fashioned cliché is the best way to achieve your desired effect, and communicate your theological message. I'll illustrate this using Joshua 11:1-9. The story of how Jabin of Hazor and all his allied kings were defeated by Joshua and Israel. (With some help from their friend!)
Topics: cliche, theology, joshua, narrative, bible
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Oct 16, 2014
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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In this chapter, we get the climax of John's series of sayings where Jesus echoes the divine "I am" cf. Exodus 3 (E100-17: Exodus 3-4: Getting the holy between your toes!), and we also notice how amid powerful people who seem muddled and out of control, Jesus (the one who seems to be the victim) is the only person in control of himself! And weâll discover his secret. Weâll also notice the three betrayals, and ask how we can avoid joining they betrayers.
Topics: E100, Jesus, John betrayal, Peter
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Apr 23, 2010
04/10
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Tim Bulkeley
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This is the first part of a short series (it might only be two parts, who knows ;) on passages where God exegetes his own words. In this part we'll look at 2 Samuel 7, where David wants to build a "house" = temple for God, since he already has a nice "house" = palace for himself ("house of cedar" means a palace with expensive wood panelling). I'll look at how God gives a four word speech and then explains in detail what it means. And in the process starts the...
Topics: Bible, 2 Samuel, humour, humor, interpretation
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Apr 17, 2011
04/11
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Dr Tim Bulkeley
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Colossians - like Ephesians and the Pastorals (1 & 2 Tim and Titus) - is often thought to be by someone copying Paul but itâs ideas (and some wording) seem to have been used in Ephesians, which would make it very early if it is not not really by Paul. I cannot understand the excitement over debating back and forward whether Paul wrote it. It is in the Bible, it is addressed a very early church, and has messages that are important for us. What more matters? Our reading starts with the...
Topics: E100 Christ hymn, Christology, Colossians, hymn, letters, Paul
